College names Carmona and Huynh most outstanding students for 2006-2007
The University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering has named its Outstanding Junior and Senior students for the 2006-2007 academic year. Both students will be honored at a luncheon hosted by the Texas Society of Engineering as part of the National Engineers Week activities.
This year’s outstanding junior is Alfonso Carmona, a chemical engineering major from Houston, Texas. Carmona boasts a grade point average of 3.89. In addition to majoring in chemical engineering, he is earning minors in petroleum engineering and chemistry.
Carmona is leaning toward attending graduate school after earning his bachelor’s degree, though he has not ruled out entering professional life. In order to best evaluate his options, he is pursuing internship positions for this summer, and plans to conduct research at the college of engineering in the fall of 2007.
“The award is a valuable recognition of the hard work and dedication it takes to be an engineer and serves as a motivation for my future endeavors,” said Carmona.
The college’s Outstanding Senior student for 2006-2007 is Phuc Huynh, an electrical & computer engineering major.
Huynh has a grade point average of just below 3.9. Among the honors and awards he has received is a Goldwater Scholarship, making him first student from the University of Houston ever to win the award. One of the most prestigious scholarships available to undergraduate students, the Goldwater is a nationally competitive award for junior and senior students majoring in science, technology, engineering or mathematics who plan to pursue a career in research.
After graduating this spring, Huynh plans to pursue a Ph.D. and then conduct research and teach at the university level. He has applied to the graduate program at the Cullen College of Engineering.